The Moto E5 Plus falls in the affordable segment and is expected to be priced somewhere along the lines of the Moto G6 Play.

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Sanket Vijayasarathy

New Delhi

July 10, 2018

UPDATED: July 10, 2018 14:22 IST

After the Moto G6 and Moto G6 Play last month, Motorola is all set to announce the Moto E5 Plus in India on Tuesday, July 10. The phone was first unveiled as part of the Moto E5-series alongside the Moto G6-series in Brazil a few months ago. The handset touts a large full-screen display and a massive battery pack, aimed at consumers who want an immersive viewing experience on a phone that will not die on you easily. You can catch the livestream of the event on YouTube starting 3pm.

The Moto E5 Plus falls in the affordable segment and is expected to be priced somewhere along the lines of the Moto G6 Play. Both the series brings a new design language compared to their predecessors. Notably, like the Moto G6 and G6 Play, the Moto E5 Plus also brings a full-screen display with an 18:9 aspect ratio.

The Moto E5 Plus sports a 6-inch HD+ (720×1440) 18:9 IPS LCD display. This means you get narrow bezels on the front with the fingerprint sensor being moved to the back embedded in the Moto logo. The phone is made to look premium like the Moto G6 with a reflective back that gives off a wavy pattern, glass front and a metal frame. Unlike the Moto G6, the back of the Moto E5 Plus is not made of glass but a glossy plastic shell.

The back also sees a circular camera setup, which looks similar to the Moto G6 and the Moto X4 in design. This is not a dual setup, however, and you only get a 12-megapixel sensor with LED flash and PDAF while the second cutout is for laser autofocus. Up front, the Moto E5 Plus gets an 8-megapixel sensor with a selfie flash.

Powering the Moto E5 Plus is an octa-core Snapdragon 435 chipset, which is coupled with 3GB of RAM. There's also 32GB of internal storage which is expandable via a microSD card up to 256GB. There's no word yet on whether Motorola will launch a higher 4GB + 64GB variant in the Indian market. The phone is also expected to run a near stock Android 8.0 Oreo out-of-the-box with some Motorola-specific features like Moto Actions and Moto Display on board.

The biggest highlight of the Moto E5 Plus is its 5,000mAh battery, which will allow you to consume media on-the-go without the fear of battery dying on you by the end of the day. The phone measures 161.9 x 75.3 x 9.35mm and weighs 200 grams thanks to the large battery inside. Connectivity options on board include a 3.5mm headphone jack, 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n and GPS, among other things. The variant released outside comes with a single SIM, but Motorola could bring a dual-SIM model with a dedicated expandable storage slot as the Moto G6.

Moto E5 Plus expected India price

Considering the Moto G6 and G6 Play have been priced at Rs 13,999 and Rs 11,999, respectively, we expect the Moto E5 Plus to be priced somewhere along the same lines considering the specs on offer. Motorola announced earlier that the handset will be available online exclusively on Amazon India and offline through Moto Hub stores across India.

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